Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness

Zika virus is an emerging flavivirus that is following the path of dengue and chikungunya. The three Aedes-borne viruses cause simultaneous outbreaks with similar clinical manifestations which represents a diagnostic challenge in ill returning travellers. We report the first Zika virus infection cas...

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Autores principales: Moulin, E., Selby, K., Cherpillod, P., Kaiser, L., Boillat-Blanco, N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4786754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27006779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.02.003
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author Moulin, E.
Selby, K.
Cherpillod, P.
Kaiser, L.
Boillat-Blanco, N.
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description Zika virus is an emerging flavivirus that is following the path of dengue and chikungunya. The three Aedes-borne viruses cause simultaneous outbreaks with similar clinical manifestations which represents a diagnostic challenge in ill returning travellers. We report the first Zika virus infection case imported to Switzerland and present a diagnostic algorithm.
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spelling pubmed-47867542016-03-22 Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness Moulin, E. Selby, K. Cherpillod, P. Kaiser, L. Boillat-Blanco, N. New Microbes New Infect Letter to the Editor Zika virus is an emerging flavivirus that is following the path of dengue and chikungunya. The three Aedes-borne viruses cause simultaneous outbreaks with similar clinical manifestations which represents a diagnostic challenge in ill returning travellers. We report the first Zika virus infection case imported to Switzerland and present a diagnostic algorithm. Elsevier 2016-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4786754/ /pubmed/27006779 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.02.003 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Letter to the Editor
Moulin, E.
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Cherpillod, P.
Kaiser, L.
Boillat-Blanco, N.
Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness
title Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness
title_full Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness
title_fullStr Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness
title_full_unstemmed Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness
title_short Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness
title_sort simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness
topic Letter to the Editor
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4786754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27006779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.02.003
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